Nevada-based Dynamic Biometric Systems has introduced a series of student authentication products based on its Bio-Pen hardware solution to help schools comply with the recently-passed Higher Education Opportunity Act, which requires educational institutions offering distance learning courses to be able to verify that students who receive credits actually do the class work and take the […]

UPEK Inc., a biometric fingerprint provider, announced the availability of its new TCEFx1 USB fingerprint module, which uses the company’s FIPS 201 certified TouchChip TCS1 fingerprint sensor. The UPEK TCEFx1 module is compact, simple to integrate, and enables for biometric authentication with ANSI 378 fingerprint templates stored on U.S. Government issued Personal Identity Verification cards. […]

The new version of SSL lets companies go the extra mile to reassure customers When the owner of French Soaps Ltd. learned about Extended Validation SSL, a new certificate online retailers could use to better secure transactions while also reassuring customers, he began to investigate. Curtis Cord, president of the Middleton, R.I.-based company, and his […]

The United States, the largest payment card market in the world, will be the featured country during the 23rd edition of CARTES & Identification Nov. 4 through Nov. 6 in Paris. The country has adopted contactless payments as well as secure identity programs such as the 13 million Common Access Cards that have already been […]

HID Global announced that it is expanding its products in the access control space to include logical access control products. The new products will enable HID’s physical access products to be used for logical access as well. As part of the announcement, HID says its iCLASS contactless smart cards can be read by the embedded […]

The U.S. Department of State has ordered an upgrade from Precise Biometrics, a fingerprint authentication technology developer, to its match-on-card system. The upgrade, costing $620,000, consists of adding Windows Vista support to the existing infrastructure as well as on-site support and integration services provided by Precise. The Precise Match-On-Card system enables the fingerprint data of […]

Feitian Technologies, a Bejing, China-based smart card provider, announced its new Feitian .Net smart card platform. The .Net framework is Microsoft’s programming model for building network applications. The new Feitian platform provides a way foor developers to create smart card application for businesses using Microsoft’s .Net framework. The platform includes a software developer kit, which […]